All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though...

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though...

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong,...

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong,...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of...

Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of...

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to...

The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It...

It is not what we read, but what we remember that makes us learned. It...

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

Good-humor makes all things tolerable

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

Being a Hot Mom means being respected as a mom and a woman. And, the...

Being a Hot Mom means being respected as a mom and a woman. And, the...

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.